CSAI

Corpus of South Arabian Inscriptions


INSCRIPTION INFORMATION

LanguageAncient South Arabian » Sabaic » Early Sabaic
AlphabetAncient South Arabian
Script typologyMonumental writing
Script cursusBoustrophedon
Writing techniqueIncision
Chronology
PeriodA

TEXT


   1  [... ...]byt Hwbs¹ ywm nyl Hw—
   2  bs¹ w-ʾlm ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn w-h[... ...]

TRANSLATIONS

English

   1  [... ...] temple of Hwbs¹, when he made offerings to Hw-
   2  bs¹ and celebrated the ritual banquet for ʿṯtr ḏ-Ḏbn and [... ...]
1nyl according to Müller 1993: 23 means "to join" and alludes to a sacred marriage between the king and the deity.
Müller, Walter W. 1993: 23Müller, Walter W. 1993. Heilige Hochzeit im antiken Südarabien. Pages 15-28 in André Gingrich, Johann Heiss, Sylvia Haas, Gabriele Paleczek and Thomas Fillitz (eds). Studies in Oriental Culture and History. Festschrift for Walter Dostal. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.

OBJECT INFORMATION

Support typeStone inscription
MaterialStone
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ORIGIN AND PROVENANCE

Origin. Conjectural
Modern siteal-Masājid
Ancient siteMʿrbm
Geographical areaWādī Yalā
CountryYemen
Archaeological contextReligious context
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Provenance
Modern siteYaʿrā
Ancient siteYʿrtm
Geographical areaal-Jūba
CountryYemen
FoundReemployed. In modern times
NotesThe modern village of Yaʿrā is located at 10 km East from the site of al-Masājid.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Gnoli 1987: 443-444, fig. 2Gnoli, Gherardo 1987. South Arabian Notes, 2. East and West, 37: 441-450.
Müller, Walter W. 1993: 23Müller, Walter W. 1993. Heilige Hochzeit im antiken Südarabien. Pages 15-28 in André Gingrich, Johann Heiss, Sylvia Haas, Gabriele Paleczek and Thomas Fillitz (eds). Studies in Oriental Culture and History. Festschrift for Walter Dostal. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.